The temporary shutdown of the Ching Lue Shoes factory - a Vietnamese subcontractor for Nike -after 15.000 employees went on strike, is only the tip of the iceberg. Since 2005, strikes against low wages and lamentable working conditions have been increasing in Vietnam where unaffiliated unions are conspicuous by their absence. (Ref. 080296)
On March 31, 2008, the 15.000 workers of the south-Vietnamese factory belonging to the Taiwanese company Ching Lue Shoes – subcontractor for Nike – came out on strike to get a wage increase of about 15%, that is 200.000 dongs (a little more than €8). In the end, the employer gave half the amount asked. After two days of strike, workers went back to work but there were confrontations because many workers refused the management’s offer. Finally, on April 3, the police shut the factory for at leas
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